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Mandating Work Safety in High Heat
California Ag Today
Heat is the top cause of weather-related deaths in the U.S. and poses severe risks like heat stroke, especially for workers in agriculture
Surviving a PTO Entanglement
Southeast Regional Ag News
We can all preach ag safety. You can reiterate the lessons to your kids and personnel. But until you’re in that moment of slow motion when something is going wrong, it’s hard to connect.
Ag Safety Wake-Up Call
Southeast Regional Ag News
Purdue recently released their 2022 summary of accidents involving agricultural confined space-related injuries and deaths. They report that, overall, they saw a 40% increase.
Think F.A.S.T in Keeping Farm Kids Safe
Southeast Regional Ag News
Each year approximately 100,000 children under 20 years of age are injured on farms and over 100 are killed.
Ag Safety Awareness Program Week Underway
Southeast Regional Ag News
March 7-11 is Ag Safety Awareness Program Week. Why the safety spotlight? The latest numbers from the CDC show that in 2019, 410 farmers and farm workers died from a work-related injury resulting in a fatality rate of 19.4 deaths per 100,000 workers.